Rather keeps getting tied closer and closer to Barnes.
Barnes, Rather Daughter Co-sponsored Dem's Fund-raiser.
September 12, 2004, 11:02:47 EDT
Ben Barnes, the Democratic lobbyist and former lieutenant governor of Texas who was featured prominently in the 60 Minutes report that triggered the Memogate controversy, was the co-sponsor of a fund-raiser for a liberal district attorney in Texas along with Dan Rather's daughter, Robin, an Austin-based environmental activist.
According to the web site of Ronnie Earle, district attorney for Travis County, Texas, Ben Barnes and Robin Rather were among a the small group of sponsors for an October 3, 2000 fund-raising event for Earle's reelection campaign.
In 2001, Dan Rather was the keynote speaker at a Travis County Democratic Party event. He spoke there at the behest of his daughter.
Given the closeness of the Travis County, it's very likely that Ben Barnes was at the event.
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